Example sentences of "may [vb infin] at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I appreciate that sir , but you may feel at the end of the day that you need to hear conducts from the case and if he is still present obviously whatever the court wishes to do . |
| 2 | You may feel at the end of the day that you need to hear from the officer of the case and he is still present obviously in case the court wishes |
| 3 | People who have children may blanch at the idea of those cream sofas , but Rachel has two young children of her own and the slipcovers can go straight into the washing machine . |
| 4 | We may scoff at the sort of community action that was represented by ducking-stools and pillories , by ‘ sending to Coventry ’ and by , in its extremest form , lynch law . |
| 5 | For example , it may appear at the beginning of a statement ( You know , it 's time we talked ) , but it is distinctly unusual at the beginning of a question ( You know , is it 6 o clock ? ) or a command ( * You know , shut the door ) , or an exclamatory or minor sentence ( one does not say , after banging one 's thumb with a hammer , * You know , damn ! ) . |
| 6 | While Britain may appear at the top of the European Community lone parent league table , other countries , both in and outside Europe , have as high or higher rates . |
| 7 | Secondly , the council may balk at the costs of determining whether a treatment is scientifically valid . |
| 8 | In this climate , it is likely that people may look at the Office of Innovation model through analytical eyes . |
| 9 | One problem with the circuit is that when the input is a low-frequency signal , the output amplitude becomes large and limiting may occur at the potentials of the bias supply . |
| 10 | The polypary may occur at the end of a stalk , giving the coral the appearance of a toadstool , or alternatively , in encrusting forms , the polypary may rest directly on the substrate , attaching itself by rootlike processes as the coral grows . |
| 11 | Cutting may occur at the time of binge-eating . |
| 12 | But as you may discover at the end of your course you 'll have a questionnaire to say how found it , how it 's gone on and of course in the past people have filled in questionnaires saying what they want to know about the legal aspect is all about wills . |
| 13 | Faintly bluish spots may develop at the site of a louse bite and persist for several days . |
| 14 | ( i ) The public may leave at the end of the performance or exhibition by all exit doors and such doors must be at that time open . |
| 15 | Such a regime may hold at the centre of galaxies or close to collapsed stars . |
| 16 | These and a hundred other scenes one may witness at the departure of an important train such as this . |
| 17 | ( 1 ) A smaller , more rapidly tumbling bar may sit at the core of the kiloparsec-scale bar discussed above . |
| 18 | Indeed , the results of recent research suggest that abnormalities of prostaglandin metabolism may lie at the heart of the majority of the chronic degenerative diseases — defects in particular enzymes giving rise to different aspects of chronic disease . |
| 19 | In others still , some factor in the development of relationships may lie at the root of paedophiliac tendency . |
| 20 | The authors attributed this to low-frequency jumping between the two attractors , and suggested that such behaviour may lie at the root of the puzzling low-frequency noise spectra displayed in many nonlinear physical systems — systems as diverse as electrical resistors , biological membranes and automobile traffic flow . |
| 21 | You may say at the end of all this , ‘ Well , where does all this have you ? |